diff --git a/snprc_ehr/test/sampledata/study/referenceStudy/study/datasets/datasets_metadata.xml b/snprc_ehr/test/sampledata/study/referenceStudy/study/datasets/datasets_metadata.xml
index 9d366033..f574ec68 100644
--- a/snprc_ehr/test/sampledata/study/referenceStudy/study/datasets/datasets_metadata.xml
+++ b/snprc_ehr/test/sampledata/study/referenceStudy/study/datasets/datasets_metadata.xml
@@ -1617,6 +1617,7 @@
             </column>
             <column columnName="species">
                 <datatype>varchar</datatype>
+                <scale>100</scale>
                 <nullable>false</nullable>
                 <columnTitle>Species code (3 char)</columnTitle>
             </column>